Temporal aspects of the amplexus and oviposition behavior of the fanged frog Rana kuhlii from Taiwan

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 3, 1998, Pages 769-773

  Tsuji, Hiroshi ^a   Lue, Kuang Yang ^b  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

RANA KUHLII;

EID: 0031928567     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1447813     Document Type: Article

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